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JAIL CONDITIONS
McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

6:95-cv-00024 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 1995

On January 10, 1995, detainees at the Bernalillo County Detention Center (BCDC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico filed this class-action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Represented by private counsel, the plaintiffs sued the BCDC under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, 1985, and 1986, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d), alleging that gross overcrowding and racial discrimination at the jail violated the First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Thir…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Austin v. Haley

2:95-cv-00637 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: May 15, 1995

On May 15, 1995, inmates in the Alabama State Prison System filed this putative class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Governor of Alabama. Plaintiffs were represented by the Southern Poverty Law Center and private attorneys. The lawsuit challenged several policies and practices within the state prison system, including the failure to provide adequate toilet fa…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Heit v. VanOchten

1:96-cv-00800 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan

Filed Date: Oct. 4, 1996

On October 4, 1996, prisoners of the state of Michigan filed this class action lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Michigan Department of Corrections in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The plaintiffs, represented by the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the court for injunctive relief, alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated by unconstitutional state administrative prisoner disciplinary hearing practice…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
EEOC v. BODY FIRM AEROBICS d/b/a GOLD'S GYM

2:03-cv-00846 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: Sept. 29, 2003

Closed Date: 2008

The Phoenix District Office of the EEOC brought this action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, against Body Firm Aerobics d/b/a Gold's Gym. The complaint, filed in September 2003, alleged sex and pregnancy discrimination, and retaliation, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the complaint alleged that Defendant had sexually harassed the charging parties and then retaliated against one of them for complaining about the harassment, by construc…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Apsley v. Boeing Co.

6:05-cv-01368 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Dec. 19, 2005

Closed Date: 2015

On December 19, 2005, former employees of the Boeing Company filed this class action in the United States District Court of Kansas against Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems Inc., the Onex Corporation, and Midwestern Aircraft. The employees alleged violations of various laws during the layoff and rehire process that took place in connection with Boeing's sale of its commercial airplane manufacturing facilities to Onex. In 2005, Boeing sold its Wichita and Oklahoma facilities to Onex, which created Spir…
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
Crum v. State of Alabama

2:94-cv-00356 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

Filed Date: March 24, 1994

Closed Date: Aug. 7, 2017

On November 21, 1991, employees of the State of Alabama filed this lawsuit against numerous state agencies and departments, claiming racial discrimination in hiring, discipline, layoffs and other terms and conditions of employment. This was the first of many similar complaints to be filed in subsequent years against various Alabama State boards and departments, including the Department of Public Health and the Alabama Labor Board. Multiple amended versions were filed for each complaint. Beginni…
PUBLIC HOUSING
Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

1:66-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 1966

Filed in 1966 and still ongoing as of 2022, this is one of the most significant housing desegregation cases ever, leading to the nation's first desegregative housing mobility voucher program. In collaboration with BPI, the Chicago public interest organization that has for decades represented the plaintiffs in this case, the Clearinghouse has acquired and posted the full litigation record—over 2100 documents, all told.  About 230 "core" documents are set to display here; if you click on "show mo…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Moeller v. Taco Bell

4:02-cv-05849 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2002

Closed Date: Sept. 29, 2014

On December 17, 2002 plaintiffs, California residents with disabilities that required them to rely on wheelchairs or scooters for mobility, filed a class action complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton) against Taco Bell Corporation. Plaintiffs, represented by the Impact Fund and private counsel, claimed the Defendant denied them, on the basis of disability, full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, ad…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Martin v. Ohio Governor

2:89-cv-00362 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: April 27, 1989

Closed Date: 2007

On April 27, 1989, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of individuals with developmental disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act against various Ohio state officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Plaintiffs, represented by legal services, asked the Court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the state was providing appropriate community-based services.On March 21, 1990, the Court certified a class…
PRISON CONDITIONS
Peoples v. Fischer (Peoples v. Annucci)

1:11-cv-02694 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: April 18, 2011

On April 18, 2011, a prisoner formerly incarcerated at the New York State Green Haven Correctional Facility (GHCF) filed this pro se lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the GHCF, the New York State Department of Correctional Services, and the Queens County District Attorney's Office. Bringing this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the defen…